𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃
Gothic
| ← 50 | 𐌾 60 | 70 → |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | ||
| Cardinal: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (saihs tigjus) | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz and cognate to Old Norse sex tigir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛhs ˈtiɡ.jus/, [ˈsɛhs ˈtiɣ.jus]
Noun
𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 • (saihs tigjus) m pl
- (hapax) sixty (cardinal number)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: First Epistle to Timothy (Codex Ambrosianus A) 5.9:[1]
- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌼 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴, 𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃,
- widuwō gawaljaidau ni mins saihs tigum jērē, sei wēsi ainis abins qēns,
- Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. (KJV)
- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌼 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴, 𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃,
Usage notes
This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “six decades”; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.
Related terms
- 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs, “six”)
- 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “decade”)
References
- Timothy I chapter 5 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
Further reading
- Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “S7. saihs”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 290–291
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 114